Questions and Answers: Esher Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Jack. I’m flat hunting in Esher I'm thinking about offering on a garden flat online, with around 65 years outstanding, how much will it likely cost to get a lease extension by, say, 35 years?
  • I inherited a three bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette based in Esher with a leasehold unexpired of 55 years. I am curious about how much it will cost me to extend my lease
  • I'm deliberating over purchasing a ground floor flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been missing for just under 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to purchase the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • I am a freeholder of a block of flats in Esher, and the tenants are in the process of being given lease extensions. I should hopefully get the money next month. How does the tax work, the property is co-owned with my husband ?
  • We have a first floor flat in Esher with seventy nine years to run. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for another 25 years but also increase ground rent from notional to £200 per annum..plus a premium I think of approximately 16k. Finally we have decided to go ahead but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Esher for asking price of 156k, which has 73 years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My question is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Esher and a leaseholder would like a lease extension. Her valuer has suggested a figure of £9,000, but has upped this to £10,000 without too much effort. My valuer has come back with £12,520. She does not appear to wish to negotiate wanting to go to a FTT. If a lease extension does go to tribunal, can I deal with this myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what fee would I be likely to face?
  • My wife and I are worried about obtaining a lease extension from a difficult landlord. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still attempted to charge ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new lease. Can you help?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a studio flat in Esher. She already has a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am far from certain if it is too expensive.
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Esher with 82yrs remaining)
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